The Sangamon County Cornoner has identified the woman who was killed while a passenger in a single-vehicle crash along East Lake Shore Drive on April 7th.

56-year-old DeAnn Romero of Wood River, in the Metro East, area was pronounced dead at HSHS St. Johns Hospital around 2pm, shortly after the crash.

Preliminary autopsy findings indicate Ms. Romero died from multiple blunt force injuries sustained in the crash.

The death remains under investigation by the Sangamon County Coroner and the Springfield Police Department.